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Nvidia to buy developer platform Hugging Face in $12.9bn deal

Policy desk, National Trade News (2026-09-03): Nvidia will buy the popular developer platform Hugging Face for nearly $13bn, betting that support for ⁠open AI models could offset a potential slowdown in… Primary source: original at The Guardian (theguardian.com).

· The Guardian

Nvidia to buy developer platform Hugging Face in $12.9bn deal

Nvidia will buy the popular developer platform Hugging Face for nearly $13bn, betting that support for ⁠open AI models could offset a potential slowdown in demand for the semiconductor giant’s chips.

Shares ⁠in Nvidia were ⁠slightly lower ​after the $12.93bn (£9.57bn) deal – which ranks among its biggest ever – was announced for the database of AI models on Thursday.

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